Latest Past Events

Blockchain in Journalism: Promise and Practice

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York

The Brown Institute and the Tow Center have collaborated on an event for students, reporters, editors, scholars, and entrepreneurs about the current state of blockchain technology and how it can be applied to journalism. For practitioners in media, Blockchain is in vogue today as a potential solution to the industry’s every-day problems and tasks, such

Media Innovation Seminar: Whither VR? with Kate Parsons and Ben Vance

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford

Video artist and educator Kate Parsons and VR Veteran Ben Vance explore art and design through emerging technology at FLOAT, a collaborative entity focusing on the intersection of art and interactivity. They will share tips on how their team creates evocative, nuanced art experiences using cutting-edge VR technology.

Transparency Series Workshop: Polling with FiveThirtyEight

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York

The first workshop in the Transparency Series takes you through techniques for looking at one or more polls over time. Join Janie Velencia and Dhrumil Mehta who lead Pollapalooza at FiveThirtyEight to get exposed to sources, tools, and strategies for working with polls — starting at the very beginning with simple random samples, and leading